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title="Lorraine">Lorraine</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lorraine.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_Lorraine.svg/220px-Flag_of_Lorraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_Lorraine.svg/330px-Flag_of_Lorraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_Lorraine.svg/440px-Flag_of_Lorraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="216" /></a></span><div class="sidebar-caption">Flag of Lorraine since the 13th century</div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Lorraine#History" title="Lorraine">History</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mediomatrici" title="Mediomatrici">Mediomatrici</a> & <a href="/wiki/Leuci" title="Leuci">Leuci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallia_Belgica" title="Gallia Belgica">Gallia Belgica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lotharingia" title="Lotharingia">Lotharingia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Lorraine" title="Duchy of Lorraine">Duchy of Lorraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Bar" title="Duchy of Bar">Duchy of Bar</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Three Bishoprics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorraine_and_Barrois" title="Lorraine and Barrois">Lorraine and Barrois</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bezirk_Lothringen" class="mw-redirect" title="Bezirk Lothringen">German Empire Lorraine department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CdZ-Gebiet_Lothringen" class="mw-redirect" title="CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen">Third Reich Lorraine department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorraine" title="Lorraine">Lorraine region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Est" title="Grand Est">Grand Est</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Lorraine#Language_and_culture" title="Lorraine">Culture</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms_of_Lorraine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coat of arms of Lorraine (page does not exist)">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Lorraine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flag of Lorraine (page does not exist)">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_of_Lorraine" title="Cross of Lorraine">Symbol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Alsatians_and_Lotharingians" title="List of Alsatians and Lotharingians">People</a></li> <li>Languages <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lorrain_language" title="Lorrain language">Lorrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorraine_Franconian" title="Lorraine Franconian">Lorraine Franconian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Low_Alemannic_German" title="Low Alemannic German">Low Alemannic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorraine#Demographics" title="Lorraine">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mus%C3%A9e_lorrain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Musée lorrain (page does not exist)">Musée lorrain</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Lorraine#Religion" title="Lorraine">Religion</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholicism</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Metz" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz">Diocese of Metz</a><br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/Exemption_(canon_law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Exemption (canon law)">Immediately subject</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>)</i></small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Nancy" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Nancy">Diocese of Nancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Saint-Di%C3%A9" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Dié">Diocese of Saint-Dié</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Verdun" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Verdun">Diocese of Verdun</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a>: <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Protestant_Churches_of_Alsace_and_Lorraine" title="Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine">Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine</a><small> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Moselle_(department)" title="Moselle (department)">Moselle</a>)</i></small> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheranism</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Church_of_the_Augsburg_Confession_of_Alsace_and_Lorraine" title="Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine">Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine</a><small> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Moselle_(department)" title="Moselle (department)">Moselle</a>)</i></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvinism" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinism">Calvinism</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformed_Church_of_Alsace_and_Lorraine" title="Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine">Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine</a><small> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Moselle_(department)" title="Moselle (department)">Moselle</a>)</i></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Protestant_Church_of_France" title="United Protestant Church of France">United Protestant Church of France</a><small> (<i>rest of Lorraine</i>)</small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> <a href="/wiki/Consistory_(Judaism)" title="Consistory (Judaism)">consistories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metz" title="Metz">Metz</a><small> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Moselle_(department)" title="Moselle (department)">Moselle</a>)</i></small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy,_France" title="Nancy, France">Nancy</a><small> (<i>rest of Lorraine</i>)</small></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Law" title="Law">Law</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_law_in_Alsace-Moselle" class="mw-redirect" title="Local law in Alsace-Moselle">Local law in Alsace-Moselle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Concordat_in_Alsace-Moselle" class="mw-redirect" title="Concordat in Alsace-Moselle">Concordat in Alsace-Moselle</a> (1801)</li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Administrative divisions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meurthe-et-Moselle" title="Meurthe-et-Moselle">Meurthe-et-Moselle</a> (<i>54</i>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital</a>: <a href="/wiki/Nancy,_France" title="Nancy, France">Nancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Lun%C3%A9ville" title="Arrondissement of Lunéville">Arrondissement of Lunéville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Nancy" title="Arrondissement of Nancy">Arrondissement of Nancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Toul" title="Arrondissement of Toul">Arrondissement of Toul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Val-de-Briey" title="Arrondissement of Val-de-Briey">Arrondissement of Val-de-Briey</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meuse_(department)" title="Meuse (department)">Meuse</a> (<i>55</i>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bar-le-Duc" title="Bar-le-Duc">Bar-le-Duc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Bar-le-Duc" title="Arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc">Arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Commercy" title="Arrondissement of Commercy">Arrondissement of Commercy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Verdun" title="Arrondissement of Verdun">Arrondissement of Verdun</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moselle_(department)" title="Moselle (department)">Moselle</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Bezirk_Lothringen" class="mw-redirect" title="Bezirk Lothringen">Lothringen</a>, 57</i>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital</a>: <a href="/wiki/Metz" title="Metz">Metz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Forbach-Boulay-Moselle" title="Arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle">Arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Metz" title="Arrondissement of Metz">Arrondissement of Metz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Sarrebourg-Ch%C3%A2teau-Salins" title="Arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins">Arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Sarreguemines" title="Arrondissement of Sarreguemines">Arrondissement of Sarreguemines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Thionville" title="Arrondissement of Thionville">Arrondissement of Thionville</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vosges_(department)" title="Vosges (department)">Vosges</a> (<i>88</i>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital</a>: <a href="/wiki/%C3%89pinal" title="Épinal">Épinal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_%C3%89pinal" title="Arrondissement of Épinal">Arrondissement of Épinal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Neufch%C3%A2teau,_Vosges" title="Arrondissement of Neufchâteau, Vosges">Arrondissement of Neufchâteau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Saint-Di%C3%A9-des-Vosges" title="Arrondissement of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges">Arrondissement of Saint-Dié</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Lorraine in the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">EU</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_France#European_Parliament" title="Elections in France">European Parliament elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/France_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="France (European Parliament constituency)">Constituency</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Related topics</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_France" title="Politics of France">Politics of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Germany" title="Politics of Germany">Politics of Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_European_Union" title="Politics of the European Union">Politics of the European Union</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output 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abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Lorraine_sidebar" title="Template:Lorraine sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Lorraine_sidebar" title="Template talk:Lorraine sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Lorraine_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Lorraine sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Three Bishoprics</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">les Trois-Évêchés</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[le<span class="wrap"> </span>tʁwɑz‿eveʃe]</a></span>) constituted a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_France" title="Provinces of France">government</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_France" title="Kingdom of France">Kingdom of France</a> consisting of the <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">dioceses</a> of <a href="/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_Metz" title="Prince-Bishopric of Metz">Metz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_Verdun" title="Prince-Bishopric of Verdun">Verdun</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_Toul" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince-Bishopric of Toul">Toul</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Lorraine_(duchy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lorraine (duchy)">Lorraine</a> region. The three dioceses had been <a href="/wiki/Prince-bishop" title="Prince-bishop">Prince-bishoprics</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a> until they were seized by King <a href="/wiki/Henry_II_of_France" title="Henry II of France">Henry II of France</a> between April and June 1552. At the end of the <a href="/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War" title="Thirty Years' War">Thirty Years' War</a>, they were officially ceded to France by the 1648 <a href="/wiki/Peace_of_Westphalia" title="Peace of Westphalia">Peace of Westphalia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Bishoprics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trois-%C3%89v%C3%AAch%C3%A9s.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Trois-%C3%89v%C3%AAch%C3%A9s.png/220px-Trois-%C3%89v%C3%AAch%C3%A9s.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Trois-%C3%89v%C3%AAch%C3%A9s.png/330px-Trois-%C3%89v%C3%AAch%C3%A9s.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Trois-%C3%89v%C3%AAch%C3%A9s.png 2x" data-file-width="393" data-file-height="432" /></a><figcaption>The Three Bishoprics of Metz, Toul and Verdun (outlined in pink), surrounded by the Duchies of Bar and Lorraine</figcaption></figure> <p>In the course of the rebellion against the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Habsburg" title="House of Habsburg">Habsburg</a> emperor <a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles V</a>, several <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Reformation">Protestant</a> Imperial <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Prince of the Holy Roman Empire">princes</a> met at <a href="/wiki/Annaburg" title="Annaburg">Lochau</a> Castle near <a href="/wiki/Torgau" title="Torgau">Torgau</a> in May 1551. Here the receiving <a href="/wiki/House_of_Wettin" title="House of Wettin">Wettin</a> elector <a href="/wiki/Maurice,_Elector_of_Saxony" title="Maurice, Elector of Saxony">Maurice of Saxony</a> forged an alliance with Duke <a href="/wiki/John_Albert_I,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg">John Albert I of Mecklenburg</a>, Prince <a href="/wiki/William_IV,_Landgrave_of_Hesse-Kassel" title="William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel">William IV of Hesse</a>, whose father Landgrave <a href="/wiki/Philip_I,_Landgrave_of_Hesse" title="Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse">Philip I</a> was jailed by the emperor, the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Hohenzollern" title="House of Hohenzollern">Hohenzollern</a> margrave <a href="/wiki/Albert_Alcibiades,_Margrave_of_Brandenburg-Kulmbach" title="Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach">Albert Alcibiades of Brandenburg-Kulmbach</a> and his cousin Duke <a href="/wiki/Albert,_Duke_of_Prussia" title="Albert, Duke of Prussia">Albert of Prussia</a>. </p><p>Dissatisfied with the <a href="/wiki/Augsburg_Interim" title="Augsburg Interim">Interim</a> decreed by Charles V at the 1548 <a href="/wiki/Diet_of_Augsburg" title="Diet of Augsburg">Diet of Augsburg</a>, the insurgents were full of resolution to defend Protestantism and–not least–their autonomy against the Imperial central authority. They agreed to establish contacts with the Catholic French king Henry II, disregarding his oppression of the Protestant <a href="/wiki/Huguenot" class="mw-redirect" title="Huguenot">Huguenots</a>. In autumn Henry declared <a href="/wiki/Italian_War_of_1551%E2%80%9359" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian War of 1551–59">war</a> against Charles V and prepared to march against the Empire up to the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a> River. On 15 January 1552, he signed the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Chambord" title="Treaty of Chambord">Treaty of Chambord</a> with Maurice of Saxony and his Protestant allies, whereby the French conquests were legitimised ahead of time. The princes acknowledged the king's lordship as "<a href="/wiki/Imperial_vicar" title="Imperial vicar">Vicar of the Empire</a>" over the <a href="/wiki/Free_imperial_city" title="Free imperial city">Imperial cities</a> of <a href="/wiki/Metz" title="Metz">Metz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toul" title="Toul">Toul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Verdun" title="Verdun">Verdun</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Cambrai" title="Cambrai">Cambrai</a> "and other towns of the Empire that do not speak German".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The insurgents in turn received subsidies and military assistance from the French, their troops moved into the Habsburg hereditary lands and laid siege to the emperor at <a href="/wiki/Innsbruck" title="Innsbruck">Innsbruck</a>, while his brother <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor">Ferdinand I</a> entered into negotiations that led to the revocation of the Augsburg Interim by the 1552 <a href="/wiki/Peace_of_Passau" title="Peace of Passau">Peace of Passau</a>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cathedrale_metz_2003.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Metz Cathedral"><img alt="Metz Cathedral" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Cathedrale_metz_2003.jpg/120px-Cathedrale_metz_2003.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Cathedrale_metz_2003.jpg/180px-Cathedrale_metz_2003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Cathedrale_metz_2003.jpg/240px-Cathedrale_metz_2003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1904" data-file-height="1428" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Metz_Cathedral" title="Metz Cathedral">Metz Cathedral</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Toul-Fa%C3%A7ade.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Toul Cathedral"><img alt="Toul Cathedral" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Toul-Fa%C3%A7ade.JPG/90px-Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Toul-Fa%C3%A7ade.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Toul-Fa%C3%A7ade.JPG/135px-Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Toul-Fa%C3%A7ade.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Toul-Fa%C3%A7ade.JPG/180px-Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Toul-Fa%C3%A7ade.JPG 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Toul_Cathedral" title="Toul Cathedral">Toul Cathedral</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:55_VERDUN_Cathedrale%2BCloitre.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Verdun Cathedral"><img alt="Verdun Cathedral" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/55_VERDUN_Cathedrale%2BCloitre.JPG/90px-55_VERDUN_Cathedrale%2BCloitre.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/55_VERDUN_Cathedrale%2BCloitre.JPG/135px-55_VERDUN_Cathedrale%2BCloitre.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/55_VERDUN_Cathedrale%2BCloitre.JPG/180px-55_VERDUN_Cathedrale%2BCloitre.JPG 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Verdun_Cathedral" title="Verdun Cathedral">Verdun Cathedral</a></div> </li> </ul> <p>Backed by Duke <a href="/wiki/Francis,_Duke_of_Guise" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis, Duke of Guise">Francis of Guise</a> and his brother Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Charles,_Cardinal_of_Lorraine" title="Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine">Charles of Lorraine</a>, King Henry II of France upon his agreement with the Protestant princes had started his <i>Voyage d’Allemagne</i> "for the sake of German liberties". On <a href="/wiki/Palm_Sunday" title="Palm Sunday">Palm Sunday</a> 1552 French troops under the command of <a href="/wiki/Anne_de_Montmorency" class="mw-redirect" title="Anne de Montmorency">Anne de Montmorency</a> in a surprise attack moved into the walls of Metz, followed by the occupation of Toul on 13 April. Henry then turned against the <a href="/wiki/Lorraine_(duchy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lorraine (duchy)">Lorraine</a> capital <a href="/wiki/Nancy,_France" title="Nancy, France">Nancy</a>, where he had the minor duke <a href="/wiki/Charles_III,_Duke_of_Lorraine" title="Charles III, Duke of Lorraine">Charles III</a> abducted to the French court in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>. On 18 April the king celebrated his entry into Metz and, after a failed attack on the <a href="/wiki/Strasbourg" title="Strasbourg">Imperial City of Strasbourg</a>, returned from the Rhine to move into Verdun on 12 June. At that time, the French had occupied the three Imperial cities as well as the territory of the surrounding Prince-bishoprics. </p><p>From the emperor's perspective, Elector Maurice and his allies had no right to legally dispose of Imperial territory, Charles V started a campaign against the French in order to reconquer the occupied dioceses culminating in the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Metz_(1552)" title="Siege of Metz (1552)">Siege of Metz</a> from 19 October 1552 to 2 January 1553. The expedition ultimately failed, when the Imperial troops were defeated by the French forces under Duke Francis of Guise in the 1554 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Renty" title="Battle of Renty">Battle of Renty</a>. When the emperor, worn out and exhausted, abdicated in 1556, his successor Ferdinand I discontinued all attempts to regain the Three Bishoprics. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carte_des_Trois_Ev%C3%AAch%C3%A9s.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Carte_des_Trois_Ev%C3%AAch%C3%A9s.svg/220px-Carte_des_Trois_Ev%C3%AAch%C3%A9s.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Carte_des_Trois_Ev%C3%AAch%C3%A9s.svg/330px-Carte_des_Trois_Ev%C3%AAch%C3%A9s.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Carte_des_Trois_Ev%C3%AAch%C3%A9s.svg/440px-Carte_des_Trois_Ev%C3%AAch%C3%A9s.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2940" data-file-height="2122" /></a><figcaption>Territory of the Three Bishoprics in the mid 18th century, superimposed on current <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_France" title="Communes of France">communes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_France" title="Departments of France">departments</a></figcaption></figure> <p>King Henry II left a permanent garrison in each of the cities and gradually subjected their citizens to his royal authority. The townsmen of Metz filed several petitions to the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Diet_(Holy_Roman_Empire)" title="Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)">Imperial Diet</a> for redress, but the retrieval of the lost Three Bishoprics was no longer a main concern of the Empire during the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Confessionalization" title="Confessionalization">confessionalization</a>. Initiated by <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Richelieu" title="Cardinal Richelieu">Cardinal Richelieu</a>, the <i>Trois-Évêchés</i> received a certain autonomy with a provincial <a href="/wiki/Parlement" title="Parlement">parlement</a> installed in 1633 in Metz, dominated by the city's <a href="/wiki/Patrician_(post-Roman_Europe)" title="Patrician (post-Roman Europe)">patriciate</a>. Civil commotions decreased as the cities prospered under French rule, though the implementation of the <a href="/wiki/Gabelle_of_salt" class="mw-redirect" title="Gabelle of salt">gabelle of salt</a> sparked some unrest in Metz. When King <a href="/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XIV of France">Louis XIV</a> acceded to the throne in 1643, he confirmed the privileges of the Metz, Toul and Verdun citizens as his "good and faithful subjects". </p><p>The acquisition of the Three Bishoprics was finally recognized by the Holy Roman Empire in the 1648 Peace of Westphalia. The province's territory was further enlarged by parts of the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Luxembourg" title="Duchy of Luxembourg">Duchy of Luxembourg</a> around <a href="/wiki/Thionville" title="Thionville">Thionville</a> (<i>Diedenhofen</i>), ceded to France according to the 1659 <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_the_Pyrenees" title="Treaty of the Pyrenees">Treaty of the Pyrenees</a>, as well as by several Lorraine villages annexed in 1661. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Saint-Di%C3%A9" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Dié">Diocese of Saint-Dié</a>, created in 1777 and sometimes called the "Fourth Bishopric of Lorraine" ("<i>le Quatrième Évêché lorrain</i>"), is not related historically to the Three Bisphoprics. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Bishoprics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois-%C3%89v%C3%AAch%C3%A9s" class="extiw" title="fr:Trois-Évêchés">Trois-Évêchés</a> on the <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accueil" class="extiw" title="fr:Accueil">French Wikipedia</a></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/actualites/celebrations2002/metz.htm">450th anniversary celebrations</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_(France)" title="Ministry of Culture (France)">French Ministry of Culture</a>'s website</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.insecula.com/contact/A000304.html">Biography of Henry II</a></li></ul> <p><span class="metadata coord-missing"></span> </p> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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<li><a href="/wiki/Artois" title="Artois">Artois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aunis" title="Aunis">Aunis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auvergne_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Auvergne (province)">Auvergne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9arn" title="Béarn">Béarn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berry,_France" title="Berry, France">Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourbonnais" title="Bourbonnais">Bourbonnais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brittany" title="Brittany">Brittany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Burgundy" title="Duchy of Burgundy">Burgundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champagne_(province)" title="Champagne (province)">Champagne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dauphin%C3%A9" title="Dauphiné">Dauphiné</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Flanders" title="French Flanders">Flanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_of_Foix" title="County of Foix">Foix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franche-Comt%C3%A9_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Franche-Comté (province)">Franche-Comté</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gascony" title="Gascony">Gascony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyenne" title="Guyenne">Guyenne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Hainaut" title="French Hainaut">Hainaut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_%C3%8Ele-de-France" title="History of Île-de-France">Île-de-France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languedoc" title="Languedoc">Languedoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limousin_(province)" title="Limousin (province)">Limousin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorraine_and_Barrois" title="Lorraine and Barrois">Lorraine and Barrois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyonnais" title="Lyonnais">Lyonnais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maine_(province)" title="Maine (province)">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_of_La_Marche" title="County of La Marche">Marche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Navarre" title="Lower Navarre">Lower Navarre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nivernais" title="Nivernais">Nivernais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orl%C3%A9anais" title="Orléanais">Orléanais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perche" title="Perche">Perche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Picardy" title="Picardy">Picardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poitou" title="Poitou">Poitou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provence" title="Provence">Provence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roussillon" title="Roussillon">Roussillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_of_Saintonge" title="County of Saintonge">Saintonge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Touraine" title="Touraine">Touraine</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Trois-Évêchés</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Provinces_of_France_(numered).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Provinces of France before the revolution"><img alt="Provinces of France before the revolution" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Provinces_of_France_%28numered%29.svg/80px-Provinces_of_France_%28numered%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Provinces_of_France_%28numered%29.svg/120px-Provinces_of_France_%28numered%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Provinces_of_France_%28numered%29.svg/160px-Provinces_of_France_%28numered%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1922" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minor provinces and regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agenais" title="Agenais">Agenais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_of_Armagnac" title="County of Armagnac">Armagnac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaujolais_(province)" 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title="Arrondissement of Toul">Arrondissement of Toul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Val-de-Briey" title="Arrondissement of Val-de-Briey">Arrondissement of Val-de-Briey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:khaki;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Meuse_(department)" title="Meuse (department)">Meuse</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Bar-le-Duc" title="Bar-le-Duc">Bar-le-Duc</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Bar-le-Duc" title="Arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc">Arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Commercy" title="Arrondissement of Commercy">Arrondissement of Commercy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Verdun" title="Arrondissement of Verdun">Arrondissement of 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